λυτρ-όω,
A. release on receipt of a ransom, hold to ransom,τινὰ χρημάτων ὅσων δοκεῖ forsuch a sum as is agreed on, Pl. Tht. 165e ;redeema pledge, λ. τὰ ἱμάτια
POxy. 530.14
(ii A. D.), etc.:— Med. ,release by payment of ransom, redeem, παρὰ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν
IG 12(5).36
(Naxos,iii B. C.), cf. LXX Ex. 13.15 , al.; τὴν χώραν χρημάτων οὐκ ὀλίγων
Plb. 18.16.1
; ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀνομίας
Ep.Tit. 2.14
:— Pass. ,to be ransomed, ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων λελυτρῶσθαι
D. 19.170
, cf. Arist. EN 1164b34 ; αἵματι
1 Ep.Pet. 1.18
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II.